Lent - A Time For Penance and Reflection
Lent and The Sign of Jonah Luke 11:29 New American Standard Bible (NASB) The Sign of Jonah 29 As the crowds were increasing, He (Yeshua Jesus) began to say, “ This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a [ a ] sign, and yet no [ b ] sign will be given to it but the [ c ] sign of Jonah. The original Greek word translated "generation" is genea {ghen-eh-ah'}. This Greek word can be translated to age so we could read it this way, "This age is a wicked age........" Also, the Greek word translated "sign" also means a supernatural miracle, a token, or a wonder {a feeling of surprise mingled with admiration}. In our Old Testament story of Jonah, God sent Jonah to the wicked city of Nineveh and when he got there, the Lord would give him the words to say to the Ninevites. Most of us know the story about Jonah and the whale but I want to concentrate on what happened when Jonah finally obeyed and got to Nineveh. Jonah 3:1-4 ...